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Hotel siege ends with several dead

Extremist group claims hostage-taking in Mali

FBI head: No credible threat to U.S. after Paris attacks

WASHINGTON – FBI Director James Comey said Thursday there is no credible threat to the United States following the Paris terror attacks, and that investigators have found no links between th...

Islamic State reportedly wants chemical arms

BAGHDAD – The Islamic State group is aggressively pursuing development of chemical weapons, setting up a branch dedicated to research and experiments with the help of scientists from Iraq, S...

Era of mass migration from Mexico is ‘at an end’

Mexicans leaving U.S. now top number arriving

Nation & World Briefs

House approves new refugee rules WASHINGTON – Responding swiftly to the terror in Paris, the U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to erect high hurdles for Syrian and Iraqi re...

House votes to curb Syrian refugees, snubs Obama veto threat

WASHINGTON – In a stinging rebuke to President Barack Obama by Republicans and Democrats, the House ignored a veto threat Thursday and overwhelmingly approved GOP legislation erecting fresh ...

Ex-Subway pitchman Fogle gets more than 15 years in prison

INDIANAPOLIS – Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison on Thursday for trading in child pornography and having sex with underage prostitutes, with th...

Nation Brief

Congress works on new education law WASHINGTON – Congress is pressing ahead with efforts to update the much-criticized No Child Left Behind education law. A bipartisan ...

Airstrikes having little impact on Islamic State

Campaign could take years, officials say

Carter pushing retirement, other changes for future force

WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Ash Carter is pushing major changes to the Pentagon’s personnel systems that are intended to attract the next generation of service members and drag the often-...

Man behind attack in Paris may be dead

French police unsure who died in raid

Putin vows to hunt down, punish those who bombed Russian jet

MOSCOW – A somber President Vladimir Putin vowed to hunt down and punish those responsible for a bomb that brought down a Russian passenger jet last month, “wherever they are hiding.” Intens...